Shloka 40

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

स चाश्वान्‌ रजतप्रख्यांश्नीदयामास माधव:

Transliteration

sa cāśvān rajataprakhyān snīdayāmāsa mādhavaḥ

Translation

桑阇耶说道：摩达婆（奎师那）也亲自照料并使那群如银般闪耀的战马恢复精神。即使身处战争的暴烈之中，他仍以自身承担那卑微却必不可少的劳作——维系生命与法（Dharma）的服务——显出沉着、关怀与责任，而非傲慢。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रजतप्रख्यान्: silver-like, resembling silver
• रजतप्रख्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रजत-प्रख्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• स्निदयामास: he made (them) smooth/bright; he polished
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्निद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• माधवः: Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• माधवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• horses

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma includes attentive service to necessary duties, even in crisis. Kṛṣṇa’s willingness to care for the horses highlights humility and responsible leadership—supporting the larger righteous purpose through small, essential acts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) personally tended the chariot horses—described as silver-bright—refreshing and soothing them after the strain of battle.